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Posted by: BulkHead
Bungie themselves said the book has LIMITED to NO connection to our Halo franchise. The books are independently made to extend the minds of readers, NOT to connect to the actual games. STOP OVERLOOKING THE TRAILER. STOP SPECULATING THAT FAR INTO IT! JUST WAIT TILL MORE UPDATES. EVERYONE IS OVER THINKING THIS!
Bungie has said that the books are canon, that they work closely with the Authors, and that the books are defining elements of the Halo Story. The books and the Game are connected.
Opog would probably disagree with me, and I'm not going to bother arguing with him since he's a lot better informed and probably smarter than me, so all of the above post is just my insignificant opinion...
Actually, I don't disagree with you.
Here are some quotes from Bugnie that proove my point
The books are, for better or worse, part of the canon.
Joe Staten: I did my best to be take the books into account as I wrote, and there are definitely common themes and characters. The opposite is true as well: Eric Nylund and I spoke often as he gathered is thoughts for the third Halo novel, "First Strike.
How Stuff Works: The novelization of a video game is, well ... novel. Where does Eric Nyland <sic> get the background for his books?
Pete Parsons: We work closely with him on all the stories. So what we do is we have these story arcs of the "Halo" universe, and Eric goes in and says, "Well that's a really good piece to take and here is in a microcosm what I think that story will look like."
How Stuff Works: Are you guys very conscious to make sure that everything fits together -- that the books and games don't contradict one another -- so that everyone can look to any source and say, "This is very consistent, fully realized world"?
Pete Parsons: ]Yes, but not in the marketing kind of way. We do it because we want the "Halo" universe to be manifold. You can certainly probably pull out some inconsistencies, but as a general rule we really try to keep it manifold. Because we think that ultimately we are doing this for ourselves. And after that, we're doing it for our fans, and we want them to really believe in this place that is the Halo universe. I think the reason Halo has captured so many imaginations is because we care a lot about what's going on in that universe and how believable that universe is. We have this high level myth that we understand very well.
HBO: As the Halo storyline has evolved, have you made changes to Halo: The Fall of Reach, or have you kept it going in the direction you started?
Eric Nylund: By the time writing began, the storyline of the Halo game was more or less finalized. An outline for the novel was approved by Bungie before I began writing-only very minor changes were made to the novel.
HBO: Have there been changes to the GAME (that you know of) due to the book, or due to research instigated by its writing?
Eric Nylund: Not that I'm aware of, no. I relied on the Story Bible quite extensively. The whole idea behind a Story Bible is that if you create a document that accurately describes the universe in which a game takes place, you can use it as a guide for writing a novel (for example) without needing to constantly check the developing novel against a developing game.
[Edited on 5/13/2006]